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Only potential issue I can think of is if you are getting an NVMe M.2 SSD such as a Samsung 960 EVO or PRO. Some mainboard/BIOS settings can be very specific to what kind of M.2 drive you are using. Also, what free M.2 slot(s) do you have.

Depending on the user, a sata SSD may be more that sufficient. However if they are processing a lot of data on it, an NVMe drive might be worth the expense. If not, I'd recommend a Samsung 860 EVO. Good solid dependable sata SSD.

I yank the optane drives out of dells all the time. It is cheaper for me to buy a SSD from amazon than Dell. I buy the machines with a cheap hard drive which is usually paired by dell with the tiny optane ssd to increase drive performance. Once I got my new SSD I replace the optane with it then format the hard drive it came with and use it as a secondary drive. Just remember, doing this assumes you are going to completely rebuild the computer since the optane and original HDD are codependent in the original configuration.